21.1 Trivia arctica

21.1 Trivia arctica

Anterior and lateral view of egg laying female with ventral pedal gland protruded from sole of foot to shape egg capsule deposited in hole bitten into compound ascidian prey, Diplosoma listerianum.
See image  21 Trivia arctica.  & 25 Trivia arctica for labelled features.
These are probably the first published images of this species egg laying.

5 m depth. Zierikzee, Netherlands. March 2017. © S. Verheyen.